Sound Off: October 22, 2025
Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.
Sec. Santos?
George Santos was in prison, charged with wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, lying to Congress, insurance fraud, lying and submitting false records to the FEC, identity theft, and “just being a creepy guy” (I added that one). The king commuted his sentence. Santos sounds like a perfect fit in the administration as a cabinet secretary.
Lights, huh?
A recent SoundOff suggested we place lights along our country roads. Before we do that, let’s shed some real light on what it would take to illuminate every mile of highway in Mississippi. Our state has roughly 9,000 miles of highways. The average cost to light just one mile with modern LED fixtures — poles, wiring, trenching, installation and controls — runs about $300,000 per mile. Buckle up, because that puts the total at around $2.7 billion before the first switch is flipped. And that doesn’t include the power bills and maintenance that would hit every single year. By the time the meters start spinning, we’re talking many more millions annually — the kind of price tag that could make even Thomas Edison rethink whether darkness might be underrated.
Have a ball
Despite the shutdown, President Trump continues the teardown of the East Wing to build his $200 million gold ballroom. The ballroom will be used to entertain up to 1,000 of his oligarch, CEOs and other billionaire buddies. Surely you’ll get an invite to one of Trump’s “grand parties.” Apparently his friends are not affected by the ailing economy. They are having a ball.
A ballroom?
So, let me get this right, my hard-earned tax money is being spent on our president’s parties in his new ballroom? Let Americans vote on if they want their hard-earned money spent for his partying. I think we can all agree we would all have sense and vote no to the ridiculous idea of a ballroom. Help the homeless, the sick, the elderly. A ballroom? Unbelievable.
How about princes?
Oh, look, a No Kings rally for a country that doesn’t have a king. Will we be having a No Princes rally soon? What about No Queens?
Ridiculous rally
Would you look at that? A No Kings rally in Gulfport where there were Ukrainian and Palestinian flags prominently flying. What kind of sense does that make?
How many more
That’s now two No Kings rallies since President Trump was elected by we the people. How many more of these are we going to have in the next three and a half years?
Who pays?
I love to see our elected government officials talking about no taxes. How do they think their salary is paid? I also hate to see people so uninformed, they think taxes only go to people who don’t work.
Shocked
A Sound Off writer is now promoting that we need a king. Looks like Fox News’ work is complete. Just end democracy and give it all to the billionaires.
Thank you
I want to thank the Democrats for fighting for my right to healthcare and standing their ground for healthcare tax credits. If I lose healthcare tax credits it will cost me $10,000 to $12,000 or more next year and each year after that. I don’t know what I’ll do.
Easy to see
One trip to the local ER, and it’s pretty easy to see what the problem is with the current healthcare and immigration situation.
News cycle
The news cycle is such that even the most important topics don’t get covered for long. Sec. Hegseth bans from the Pentagon news outlets that refuse to sign a loyalty pledge. Even Fox News declined to support this attack on the First Amendment. Today it’s the First Amendment. Tomorrow, it’s the Second Amendment. Then habeus corpus. Come on, members of the press: Keep this problem in front of the people.
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